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TOO BIG. REBUILD BY DESIGN: A TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE Read More »
Zilient.org: Revered for its natural beauty, the city of Boulder in the United States is a popular destination for those looking to enjoy the great outdoors. But sitting at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the city is subject to drought, flash flooding, and rising housing costs. In recent years, eight mobile-home communities in
BOULDER BARRELS: WATER BRINGS COMMUNITIES AND PLANNERS TOGETHER IN COLORADO Read More »
Nasdaq: WSP (TSX:WSP), Arcadis (EURONEXT:ARCAD), Waggonner & Ball, and Yale Urban Design Workshop today announced their selection to design resilience measures to minimize flood risk and account for sea level rise affecting Bridgeport’s South End businesses and residents. The project, one of 13 awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is part
Wednesday, January 31Little Ferry Borough Hall215-217 Liberty Street, Little Ferry, NJ 07643 The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) released an Action Plan Amendment that would formalize its proposal and that will be the subject of this public hearing in Little Ferry before the plan goes to HUD for review and approval. The APA
MEADOWLANDS PUBLIC HEARING ON ACTION PLAN AMENDMENT 25 Read More »
Inhabitat: A HASSELL+-led design team that includes MVRDV has unveiled their preliminary proposed design strategy for tackling climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of the yearlong Resilient by Design research challenge. The design team collected research by collaborating with local residents, design firms, experts, and public officials. Their findings identify existing areas of weakness in South San
HASSELL+ AND MVRDV TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE BAY AREA Read More »
Saturday, January 27Atlanta Regional CommissionAtlanta, Georgia The City of Atlanta in partnership with Central Atlanta Progress, 100 Resilient Cities, and Rebuild by Design is hosting a university student design competition to solicit conceptual design interventions to make the Ted Turner Drive corridor a model of sustainability and resilience that can be replicated with other city
TED TURNER DRIVE RESILIENCY CORRIDOR CHALLENGE KICKOFF EVENT Read More »
In January 2018, Ciudad Juarez announced the winner of the Juan Gabriel Plaza Design Competition. The winning design was submitted by HADVD Arquitectos, an architecture firm based in Juarez and El Paso, and featured a range of greening elements including local flora, grass berms, and an events venue to encourage greater public use and culture. The final
WINNING DESIGN CHOSEN FOR JUAN GABRIEL PLAZA Read More »
Dezeen: Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect a creek in San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. BIG developed the scheme with One Architecture + Urbanism (ONE) and Sherwood Design Engineers (Sherwood) as part of Resilient by Design’s Bay Area Challenge – a contest
BIG UNVEILS SCHEME TO PROTECT SAN FRANCISCO CREEK FROM FLOODING Read More »
Dezeen: Rising water levels don’t cause many problems for this bridge in the Dutch city of Nijmegen – it can still be accessed even when the path on either side is flooded, thanks to a series of concrete stepping stones. Next Architects and H+N+S Landscape Architects teamed up on the design of Zalige Bridge, which forms part of a pathway across a park
RAISED STEPPING STONES ALLOW DUTCH BRIDGE TO REMAIN ACCESSIBLE DURING A FLOOD Read More »
January 11, 20186:00PM – 8:00PM Robert L. Craig School Gymnasium An update on proposed flood risk reduction measures in the Boroughs of Little Ferry, Moonachie, Carlstadt, and Teterboro and the Township of South Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey. Learn more here>>
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